Dwellers of Darkness
“Kennedy asked me a few days later. I had been barking and screaming at the others while they tried to train her.
“I’m fine.”
“You don’t seem to be yourself the last few days. I am worried about you.” She stood confidently, staring at me. Suddenly, I felt like the child. Something in me recognized the roles of our relationship were changing. She was changing, which made me feel uncomfortable and agitated.
I snorted derisively. “I wouldn’t worry about me; worry about yourself. You nee...d to advance faster than this.”
Her mouth tightened, and her jaw clenched before she spoke. “I am trying.”
Trying wasn’t helping us. Trying would only get more people killed. “Try harder.” I started to spin away and walk off when I heard my mother.
“Ember.” Her tone sounded shocked and embarrassed.
I rounded on her.MoreLess
“I’m fine.”
“You don’t seem to be yourself the last few days. I am worried about you.” She stood confidently, staring at me. Suddenly, I felt like the child. Something in me recognized the roles of our relationship were changing. She was changing, which made me feel uncomfortable and agitated.
I snorted derisively. “I wouldn’t worry about me; worry about yourself. You nee...d to advance faster than this.”
Her mouth tightened, and her jaw clenched before she spoke. “I am trying.”
Trying wasn’t helping us. Trying would only get more people killed. “Try harder.” I started to spin away and walk off when I heard my mother.
“Ember.” Her tone sounded shocked and embarrassed.
I rounded on her.MoreLess
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